Abanca Ademar León 21-39 Barça: Asobal Cup Champions

The Barça handball team are Asobal Cup Champions for the 12th consecutive season after beating tournament hosts Abanca Ademar León by 39-21 in a final that the blaugranes dominated from start to finish. 

Dominant start 

The blaugranes came out of the blocks strongly in the final and after just 10 minutes they led 9-3 thanks to a Ludovic Fabregas who netted three times in the early stages. Carlos Ortega's team continued to dominate and they took an 11 goal lead into the break with even goalkeeper Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas getting on the scoresheet. 

The cup is blaugrana 

In the second half the home side rallied briefly but Barça quickly restored their 10 goal lead. With the game under control the blaugranes kept their foot on the accelerator to record a final scoreline of 39-21 and claim their 12th Asobal Cup in a row. 

MATCH STATS 

Abanca Ademar León: 21

Barça: 39

Abanca Ademar León: Papantonopoulos (0), Casqueiro (2), Juan Castro (6), Zanas Virbauskas (3), David Fernández (1), Antonio Martínez (5) and Deividas Virbauskas (1) – starting seven - Miñambres (-), Sanz (1), Saiz (-), Milosavljevic (0), Zapico (0), Sousa (1) and Barkhordari (0).

Barça: Pérez de Vargas (1), Dika Mem (3), N’Guessan (3), Aleix Gómez (3), Thiagus (1), Martí Soler (3) and Fàbregas (7) – starting seven – Pol Valera (4), Carlsbogard (1), Janc (2), Cindric (4), Artur Parera (1), Makuc (2), Richardson (3) and Roberto Domenech (0).